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Sri Chaitanya Mandir, Sylhet, Bangladesh


About 500 years old famous temple of Sri Chaitanya Dev is located at Dhaka Dakshin nearly 45 km. south-east from Sylhet town. The place is revered for being the ancestral home of the famous Vaishnava saint. Yearly fair is organized on the full moon day of the bangla month Falgun. Hundreds and thousands of devotees from home and abroad attend this colorful fair.

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